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Prideful   Listen
adjective
Prideful  adj.  Full of pride; haughty.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Prideful" Quotes from Famous Books



... this singular person when he spoke. We have already said his figure was mean and slight, with very ordinary and unmarked features, unless we were to distinguish the lightnings of a keen grey eye, which corresponded in its careless and prideful glance, with the haughty superiority which the stranger assumed in his conversation. It was not till after a momentary pause that Julian replied, "Can you wonder, sir, that in my circumstances—if they are indeed known to you so well as they seem—I ...
— Peveril of the Peak • Sir Walter Scott

... "Ah, prideful youth! 'Tis sweet to be young, Martin!" says Penfeather with his sudden, whimsical half-smile and clapping his hand on my shoulder. "Sleep where ye will, that corner is as good as another. See, there stands my tuck, a Spanish blade of notable ...
— Black Bartlemy's Treasure • Jeffrey Farnol

... his way from teat to teat, ousting all other comers, till his lusty appetite was satisfied. He secured the most of his mother's attention, partly because of his ability and will to thrust himself to the fore at all times, and partly, it may be, by compelling her prideful admiration. ...
— Jan - A Dog and a Romance • A. J. Dawson



Words linked to "Prideful" :   overbearing, triumphal, disdainful, elated, supercilious, sniffy, imperious, haughty



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